[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 35 (Monday, March 27, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1745-S1747]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS
The following communications were laid before the Senate, together
with accompanying papers, reports, and documents, which were referred
as indicated:
EC-8146. A communication from the Chief, Regulations Unit,
Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury,
transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled
``Request for Comments on the Revision of Proposed Section
987 Regulations'' (Notice 2000-20) (OGI-116999-99), received
March 21, 2000; to the Committee on Finance.
EC-8147. A communication from the General Counsel,
Department of the Treasury, transmitting a draft of proposed
legislation entitled ``Customs Automation Modernization Act
of 2000''; to the Committee on Finance.
EC-8148. A communication from the Chief, Regulations
Branch, U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury,
transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled
``Technical Corrections to Customs Forms'' (T.D. 00-12),
received March 23, 2000; to the Committee on Finance.
EC-8149. A communication from the Chief, Regulations Unit,
Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury,
transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled
``Fringe Benefits Aircraft Valuation Formula'' (Rev. Rul.
2000-13), received March 22, 2000; to the Committee on
Finance.
EC-8150. A communication from the Chief, Regulations Unit,
Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury,
transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled
``Tax Treatment of Cafeteria Plans'' (RIN 1545-AX58),
received March 23, 2000; to the Committee on Finance.
EC-8151. A communication from the Director, Office of
Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President,
transmitting a draft of proposed legislation entitled
``Medicare Modernization Act of 2000''; to the Committee on
Finance.
EC-8152. A communication from the Acting Assistant
Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, Department of the
Interior, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation
entitled ``Melrose Range and Yakima Training Center Transfer
Act''; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
EC-8153. A communication from the Deputy Assistant
Administrator, Office of Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement
Agency, Department of Justice transmitting, pursuant to law,
the report of a rule entitled ``Schedules of Controlled
Substances: Addition of Gamma-Hydroxbutyric Acid to Schedule
I'' (DEA-200F), received March 23, 2000; to the Committee on
the Judiciary.
EC-8154. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel
for Regulatory Law, Department of Energy, transmitting,
pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Backup Power
Sources for DOE Facilities'' (DOE-STD 3003-2000), received
March 23, 2000; to the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources.
EC-8155. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel
for Regulatory Law, Department of Energy, transmitting,
pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``The DOE
Corporate Lessons Learned Program'' (DOE-STD 7501-99),
received March 23, 2000; to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources.
EC-8156. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel
for Regulatory Law, Department of Energy, transmitting,
pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Internal
Dosimetry'' (DOE-STD 1121-98), received March 23, 2000; to
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
EC-8157. A communication from the President and Chairman,
Export-Import Bank of the United States, transmitting,
pursuant to law, a report relative to a transaction involving
U.S. exports to Turkey; to the Committee on Banking, Housing,
and Urban Affairs.
EC-8158. A communication from the Director, Corporate
Policy and Research Department, Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a
rule entitled ``Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer
Plans; Interest Assumptions for Valuing Benefits'', received
March 21, 2000; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor,
and Pensions.
EC-8159. A communication from the Assistant Secretary,
Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting,
pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act, a report relative to
certification of a proposed license for the export of defense
articles or defense services sold commercially under a
contract in the amount of $50,000,000 or more to Japan; to
the Committee on Foreign Relations.
EC-8160. A communication from the Assistant Secretary,
Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting,
pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``VISAS:
Nonimmigrant classes; Irish Peace Process Cultural and
Training Program'', received March 16, 2000; to the Committee
on Foreign Relations.
EC-8161. A communication from the Director, Office of
Regulatory Management and Information, Office of Policy,
Planning and Evaluation, Environmental Protection Agency,
transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled
``Prevention of Significant Deterioration Delegation of
Authority to Medocino County Air Pollution Control District
to Administer Permits Issued by EPA'' (FRL # 6561-8),
received March 16, 2000; to the Committee on Environment and
Public Works.
EC-8162. A communication from the Director, Office of
Regulatory Management and Information, Office of Policy,
Planning and Evaluation, Environmental Protection Agency,
transmitting, a report entitled ``Guidance Regarding Re-
Certification Under the Urban Bus Rebuild Program''; to the
Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-8163. A communication from the Director, Office of
Regulatory Management and Information, Office of Policy,
Planning and Evaluation, Environmental Protection Agency,
transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled
``Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations Consistency Update
for California'' (FRL # 6563-9), received March 21, 2000; to
the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-8164. A communication from the Director, Office of
Regulatory Management and Information, Office of Policy,
Planning and Evaluation, Environmental Protection Agency,
transmitting, pursuant to law, the report
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of a rule entitled ``Approval of Revisions to Ventura County
APCD, Monterey Bay Unified APCD and Santa Barbara County
APCD'' (FRL # 6563-3), received February 8, 2000; to the
Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-8165. A communication from the Director, Office of
Regulatory Management and Information, Office of Policy,
Planning and Evaluation, Environmental Protection Agency,
transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled
``Approval and Promulgation of Municipal Solid Waste
Landfills State Plan for Designated Facilities and
Pollutants; Idaho'' (FRL # 6566-2), received March 23, 2000;
to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-8166. A communication from the Director, Office of
Regulatory Management and Information, Office of Policy,
Planning and Evaluation, Environmental Protection Agency,
transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled
``Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for Designated
Facilities and Pollutants; Indiana; Control of Landfill Gas
Emissions from Existing Municipal Solid Waste Landfills''
(FRL # 6566-7), received March 23, 2000; to the Committee on
Environment and Public Works.
EC-8167. A communication from the Director, Office of
Regulatory Management and Information, Office of Policy,
Planning and Evaluation, Environmental Protection Agency,
transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled
``Finding of Failure to Submit a Required State
Implementation Plan for Carbon Monoxide; Fairbanks, Alaska''
(FRL # 6566-5), received March 23, 2000; to the Committee on
Environment and Public Works.
EC-8168. A communication from the Director, Office of
Regulatory Management and Information, Office of Policy,
Planning and Evaluation, Environmental Protection Agency,
transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled
``Finding of Failure to Submit a Required State
Implementation Plan for Carbon Monoxide; Spokane,
Washington'' (FRL # 6566-9), received March 23, 2000; to the
Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-8169. A communication from the Director, Office of
Regulatory Management and Information, Office of Policy,
Planning and Evaluation, Environmental Protection Agency,
transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled
``Oklahoma; Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste
Management Program Revisions'' (FRL # 6565-4), received March
23, 2000; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-8170. A communication from the Director, Office of
Regulatory Management and Information, Office of Policy,
Planning and Evaluation, Environmental Protection Agency,
transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled
``West Virginia: Final Determination of Partial Program
Adequacy of the State's Municipal Solid Waste Landfill
Permitting Program'' (FRL # 6565-6), received March 23, 2000;
to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-8171. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel
for Regulatory Law, Department of Energy, transmitting,
pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Preparation
Guide for U.S. Department of Energy Nonreactor Nuclear
Facility Safety Analysis Reports'' (DOE STD 3009-94),
received March 23, 2000; to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources.
EC-8172. A communication from the Chief, Endangered Species
Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce,
transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled
``Critical Habitat for 19 Evolutionary Significant Units of
Salmon and Steelhead in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and
California'' (RIN0648-AG49), received March 20, 2000; to the
Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-8173. A communication from the Under Secretary of
Defense, Comptroller reporting a violation of the
Antideficiency Act; to the Committee on Appropriations.
EC-8174. A communication from the Chief, Programs and
Legislation Division, Office of Legislative Liaison,
Department of the Air Force, transmitting, a report relative
to a cost comparison conducted at Kirtland Air Force Base,
NM; to the Committee on Armed Services.
EC-8175. A communication from the Under Secretary of
Defense, Acquisition and Technology, transmitting, pursuant
to law, a report relative to the DoD Chemical and Biological
Defense Program, dated February 2000; to the Committee on
Armed Services.
EC-8176. A communication from the Program Manager, Pentagon
Renovation Program, Department of Defense transmitting,
pursuant to law, a report relative to the renovation of the
Pentagon Reservation; to the Committee on Armed Services.
EC-8177. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of
Defense, Health Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to law, a
report relative to TRICARE Managed Care Support Contractors;
to the Committee on Armed Services.
EC-8178. A communication from the Chairman of the Council
of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a
report on D.C. Act 13-264, ``School Proximity Traffic Calming
Act of 2000''; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
EC-8179. A communication from the Chairman of the Council
of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a
report on D.C. Act 13-265, ``Child Helmet Safety Amendment
Act of 2000''; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
EC-8180. A communication from the Chairman of the Council
of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a
report on D.C. Act 13-266, ``District of Columbia Uniform
Disposition of Unclaimed Property Amendment Act of 2000''; to
the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
EC-8181. A communication from the Chairman of the Council
of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a
report on D.C. Act 13-267, ``Underground Facilities
Protection Amendment Act of 2000''; to the Committee on
Governmental Affairs.
EC-8182. A communication from the Chairman of the Council
of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a
report on D.C. Act 13-268, ``Litter Control Administration
Amendment Act of 2000''; to the Committee on Governmental
Affairs.
EC-8183. A communication from the Chairman of the Council
of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a
report on D.C. Act 13-271, ``Compensating-Use Tax Act of
2000''; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
EC-8184. A communication from the Chairman of the Council
of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a
report on D.C. Act 13-270, ``Bread for the City & Zacchaeus
Free Clinic Equitable Real Property Tax Relief Act of 2000'';
to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
EC-8185. A communication from the Chairman of the Council
of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a
report on D.C. Act 13-272, ``Victory Memorial Baptist Church
Equitable Real Property Tax Relief Act of 2000''; to the
Committee on Governmental Affairs.
EC-8186. A communication from the Chairman of the Council
of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a
report on D.C. Act 13-273, ``Muhammad Mosque No. 4 Equitable
Real Property Tax Relief Act of 2000''; to the Committee on
Governmental Affairs.
EC-8187. A communication from the Chairman of the Council
of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a
report on D.C. Act 13-287, ``Long-Term Care Insurance Act of
2000''; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
EC-8188. A communication from the Chairman of the Council
of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a
report on D.C. Act 13-295, ``School Governance Charter
Amendment Act of 2000''; to the Committee on Governmental
Affairs.
EC-8189. A communication from the Chairman of the Council
of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a
report on D.C. Act 13-291, ``Tax Conformity Temporary Act of
2000''; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
EC-8190. A communication from the Chairman of the Council
of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a
report on D.C. Act 13-288, ``Medicare Supplement Insurance
Minimum Standards Amendment Act of 2000''; to the Committee
on Governmental Affairs.
EC-8191. A communication from the Chairman of the Council
of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a
report on D.C. Act 13-289, ``Recreation Volunteer Background
Check and Screening Act of 2000''; to the Committee on
Governmental Affairs.
EC-8192. A communication from the Chairman of the Council
of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a
report on D.C. Act 13-290, ``Closing of Public Alley in
Square 6159, S.O. 98-125 Act of 2000''; to the Committee on
Governmental Affairs.
EC-8193. A communication from the Chairman of the Council
of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a
report on D.C. Act 13-269, ``University of the District of
Columbia Board of Trustees Residency Requirement Amendment
Act of 2000''; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
EC-8194. A communication from the Associate Administrator,
Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable Programs,
Department of Agriculture transmitting, pursuant to law, the
report of a rule entitled ``Raisins Produced from Grapes
Grown in California; Changes in Reporting Requirements''
(Docket Number FV00-989-1 FR), received March 23, 2000; to
the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8195. A communication from the Associate Administrator,
Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable Programs,
Department of Agriculture transmitting, pursuant to law, the
report of a rule entitled ``Avocados Grown in South Florida;
Relaxation of Container and Pack Requirements'' (Docket
Number FV00-915-1 FIR), received March 23, 2000; to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8196. A communication from the Associate Administrator,
Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable Programs,
Department of Agriculture transmitting, pursuant to law, the
report of a rule entitled ``Nectarines and Peaches Grown in
California; Revision of Handling Requirements for Fresh
Nectarines and Peaches'' (Docket Number FV00-916-1 IFR),
received March 23, 2000; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-8197. A communication from the Director, Office of
Regulatory Management and Information, Office of Policy,
Planning and Evaluation, Environmental Protection Agency,
transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled
``Dichlormid: Time-Limited Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL # 6498-
7), received March 23, 2000; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
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EC-8198. A communication from the Division Chief,
Telecommunications Consumers Division, Enforcement Bureau,
Federal Communications Commission and Federal Trade
Commission transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a
rule entitled ``Joint FCC/FTC Policy Statement for the
Advertising of Dial-Around and Other Long-Distance Services
to Consumers'' (File No. 00-EB-TCD-1[PS], FCC 00-72),
received March 22, 2000; to the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation.
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